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44 Mark Vitner and Adam York, Wachovia EconomicsGroup, “Regional Economic Commentary:Alabama Enjoys a Stealthy Economic Boom,”July 9, 2007. The report is available at http://www.wachovia.com/economics.45 U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-8A, MedianIncome of Households by State, 1984-2005, Two-year moving averages.46 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of LaborStatistics, “Geographic Profile of Employmentand Unemployment,” based on analysisof the Current Population Survey, 2004.47 Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, Summaryof Employment and Annual Average JobOpenings by Major Occupational Category,Base Year 2004 and Projected Year 2014, http://www2.dir.state.al.us/Projections/Occupational/Proj2014/AL_Statewide/pg_01_Summary.asp.48 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’Occupational Employment Statistics program,May 2005, http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm;data generated by WPFP Management Team.49 Alabama Department of Industrial Relations,Summary of Employment and Annual Job Openingsby Major Occupational Category, Base Year2004 and Projected Year 2014, http://www2.dir.state.al.us/Projections/Occupational/Proj2014/AL_Statewide/pg_01_Summary.asp.50 http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2007/may/competitiveness.51 http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/articleviewer/default.asp?cmd=articledetail&articleid=17712&st=5.52 Jeff Amy and Don Murtaugh, “Steel Mill IncentivesSigned,” Press-Register, June 7, 2007, http://blog.al.com/pr/2007/06/steel_mill_incentives_accord_s.html.53 Alabama Department of Revenue 2006 Annual Report.54 Phillip Rawls, Associated Press, “ThyssenKrupp’sIncentive Package Tops $811 Million,” May 11, 2007.55 Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-18-196.56 Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.57 U.S. Department of Labor, Local AreaUnemployment Statistics.58 Ibid.59 Alabama Department of Revenue, http://www.ador.state.al.us/Taxincentives/fgacounties.pdf.60 Alabama Department of Industrial Relations,listing of less developed areas qualifyingas favored geographic areas, 2001-2006.61 Edward Sivak and Vincent E. Mangum, Increasing theReturn: Investing in Mississippi’s Working Families, Jackson,MS: Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, 2006.62 Urban Institute, “Trends in Work Supports for Low-Income Families with Children,” July 17, 2007, availableat http://www.urban.org/publications/311495.html63 Working Poor Families Project data generated byPopulation Reference Bureau, analysis of 2006Basic Monthly Current Population Survey.64 Working Poor Families Project data generated byPopulation Reference Bureau, analysis of 2006Current Population Survey, Annual Social andEconomic Supplement, March 2006.65 Working Poor Families Project data generated byPopulation Reference Bureau, analysis of2004-2006 Current Population Survey,Annual Social and Economic Supplement.66 Alabama Department of Human Resources, “DetailedMonthly Statistical Reporting for DHR Services,”March 2003, March 2005 and March 2007.67 Alabama Department of Human Resources,Child Care and Development Fund Planfor Alabama, FY 2008-2009.68 Working Poor Families Project data generated by PopulationReference Bureau from 2005 American Community Survey.69 Ibid.70 Economic Policy Institute, “UnemploymentInsurance,” August 2004.71 U.S. Department of Labor, Employment StandardsAdministration, State Workers’ CompensationLaws, 2005.72 The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, “WhoPays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systemsof All 50 States,” 2nd Edition, January 2003.73 American Public Transit Association, “Survey of StateFunding for Public Transportation, 2005,” May 21,2006, available at http://cms.transportation.org/sites/scopt/docs/survey_of_state_transit_funding_05.pdf.Alabama’s Working Families 39